(a) All organizations shall develop, adopt, follow and maintain on file written policies and procedures ensuring developmentally appropriate recreation, physical exercise and leisure time activities.
(b) The organization shall develop objectives pertaining to recreation within ISPC and/or ITPC plans.
(c) The facility and/or foster parents shall provide age appropriate recreational experiences, both indoors and out of doors, for all children in placement. Television is not to be considered a form of recreation.
(d) Organization Recreational Plan. - (i) Organizations with on- or off-ground activity programs, which by their nature significantly require a higher level of child supervision, shall clearly describe each activity, including risk, in their recreational plan, the supervision that would be appropriate for the activity and how the skill level of the child will be assessed. These include activities which could be described as physically or otherwise challenging, or those which utilize animals, or those which might involve a level of risk to children; and
- (ii) The plan for each activity shall outline the qualifications of staff members involved, special equipment, supervision rules that will be used, and any changes in the usual behavioral rules for children and staff required by the activity. At a minimum, the plan specifically shall address each of the following:
- (A) Special qualifications of staff.
- (I) The organization shall make documentation available to the certifying authority that the staff member has specialized training, or extensive life experience in the recreational activity that qualify staff to supervise the activity; and
- (II) Swimming shall be permitted only when an adult with a current lifeguard certificate, including CPR training, is present.
- (B) Special safety equipment.
- (I) All sports and outdoor equipment used in the program is selected on the basis of safety factors and is regularly checked or tested to ensure it is up to the organization's standards, which comply at a minimum with applicable national standards for the equipment in use;
- (II) First aid and emergency response kits and other emergency supplies and medications needed by participants are under the control of the designated group leader at all times; and
- (III) The organization provides for adequate shelter from the elements, safe and healthful food and water, appropriate clothing and appropriate equipment required for the activities and the environment.
049-3 Wyo. Code R. § 3-17